Solvang

We had the opportunity to take the younger two kids with us to Pismo for an old family friend of Wil's that was visiting because his mom passed away.  We drove there one night to stay with Wil's Aunt Diane and Uncle Mike, then the next day we went to the funeral and then drove home.  We couldn't drive all the way home without eating some of our favorite treats...so we went to Solvang and sat down and had Abelskievers...MY FAVORITE!;)

See's Candy

Wil's dad LOVES to buy see's candy and share it with all of his grandkids.  He wants to be the first person that gets to feed your kid chocolate.  I don't like this idea for this early, but I let him feed my babies one piece of chocolate...they just suck on it for a minute then we take it away.  He gets to feed it to them at about 3 months!  Then he doesn't get to give them any more until they are old enough to say candy;)

It was Nate's turn and grandpa drove up here for a one night stay after a conference he was at down the hill.  You should have seen the look on Nate's face once they put the chocolate in his mouth...it was like WHOA where has this been all my life!  Here is a picture of Nate eating the chocolate.

Zach's 7th Birthday Party

This year we were in Ut for Zach's birthday because he has a cousin that was getting baptized.  We took him out of school for a couple of days and let him enjoy some time with his cousins.  He LOVES being around his Ut cousins...we don't get to see them very often!
Zach has always been very clear on what kind of birthday party he wanted to have and this year was no different.  For months he was telling me that he wanted a ZACH party....what does that mean you ask???  Well he wanted a cake that was cut out to spell Zach, with the last name written across the decorated Zach and he wanted cupcakes that spelled out Zach and a balloon that said Zach...get the picture;)  This kid said he wanted a party that was all about him.  LOVE IT!  So we did our best, it was definitely one of the easiest cakes I have ever done.  My sister in law Marin actually baked the cake and cupcakes for me, then I cut them out and decorated them.  He wanted everything to be red and blue (his favorite colors)
Here are some pictures from his party that his Uncle Rob took for us;)

Here is Zach standing to tell everyone thanks for coming to my party and thanks for the presents;) 

WE LOVE YOU ZACH

Happy 7th Birthday Zach

I can't believe my sweet boy Zach is SEVEN years old already.  Yesterday was his birthday, but we were in Ut this weekend celebrating with his cousins.  I still remember sitting in the hospital holding my brand new baby boy...he was the sweetest little guy and he loved to snuggle.  He is still the sweetest boy.  I love all of our little chats in the car on the way to school.  He is so smart and talented.  This year he wrote a book and drew all of the pictures himself and turned it in at school.  HE WON the young authors award for his whole grade which means his book will get published.  He was so excited.  This is what he does best...draw and make up stories.  He is so creative and has an imagination like no other child I have ever met.  He always knows how to make us laugh.  He teaches me so much every day.  He is so smart, his teacher told us at parent teacher conference that she was reading a book about something and there was a sloth on the page and she couldn't remember what the animal was called and Zach raised his hand and said its a sloth...they like to eat...they live...  he knew everything about the animal it was so funny!  His teacher loved it!!!   Zach makes friends EVERYWHERE he goes, which is a good thing because we moved a lot in his short life time.  Everyone loves him because he is so easy to get along with.  His best friends though are still his little sisters and brother and all of his COUSINS.  He loves to be with his family!  He is my big helper with the other kiddos.  He was definitely sent to our family first for a reason.  He was made to be a BIG brother and a protector of his other siblings.  I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father loved me enough to let me be this sweet boys mom.   Zach I hope that you always keep that smile on your face and that tender heart.  You are going to do amazing things in your life I just know it.  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH ZACHY MAN!!!!;)
I'll post the pictures from his Zach party later...but here are pictures from the last couple of years!!!!

This picture pretty much sums it up;)
Zach with his friend Drew at his 5th birthday party

Sea World...one of Zach's favorite places to go

He is so sweet to his sisters

Love this kid;)

This boy loves his DADDY so much...we went to BNSF celebration to see what daddy does at work

And here he is with Nate...this boy has waited a very long time for a little brother and he is so good with him and loves to hold him ALL the time.